Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 288, Joseph Eveleth, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Eveleth, Joseph Elizabeth
H. 288.
CONTENTS

Let to Hon J. H. Chandler 13 Dec 52 " " J. W. H. Hunsicker 28 Feb 53 " " G. Burrell 11 May "
10.035
Massachusetts
Joseph Eriell, dead,
of in the State of who was a Witness in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by Col. Brewer in the Mass Revolution
Enrolled on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 81 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending Dec. 1847.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of Aug. 1857 and sent to
Geo. Burrell Salem
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Clerk, Book Vol. 2, Page 22.

2022. Massachusetts, Elizabeth Evelith widow of Joseph Evelith who served in the Revolutionary Colo Brewer Mass war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 72. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 d February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of September 1850 and sent to
George Burrell Chelsea Mass ts
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1818, Page 39 Vol. 4.
Feb 4 3. 1853.

9093
Joseph Eveleth

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Joseph Eweth , a resident of Salem , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That he served all the year 1776 in Capt Hilliard's Company of artificers in Col Dav d Brewer's Regiment in the Massachusetts line of the Continental Army - marched to New York, Kingsbridge, Tarrytown and Peekskill. He enlisted at Manchester.
This term of duty was broved as on file in War Department under Act of 1818, when his name was placed on Pension list. Roll of Massachusetts Agency:
That early in July 1779 he entered on board the armed ship Hector, John Barnes Commander, and served on board said ship then in the service of the State three months, as near as he can recollect the time on an expedition from Massachusetts against the British at Penobscot: he was wounded and disabled till Dec r .
He was born in Dec r 8: 1755 in Ipswich - lived there till he was 14 years of age - then as apprentice at Manchester till War came on - in 1776 entered Continental service - came to Salem in 1777 and it has ever since been his residence. He is known to Judge Putnam and Hon W. Pickman.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Joseph Eveleth
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. H. White JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We Rev. Charles W. Upham a clergyman, residing in Salem aforesaid, and Joseph E. Sprague Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Salem aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Eveleth who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Joseph E. Sprague Charles W. Upham
Subscribed and sworn to before
D. Merrill Not. Public

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Charles W. Wigham , who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Salem and that the said Joseph E. Sprague , who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Salem and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. G. White Judge of Probate.
I William Reed of Salem Mass 71.5 on oath testify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Everteth , of Salem , & know he served about three months in summer of the year 1779 in the expedition to Penobscot : he served on board the Hector : I served at same time. Wm Reed
Essex ss: Aug. 13. 1832
Subscribed & sworn to before
Merrill Just. Voss
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Everteth for a pension, and that Benjamin Merrill is a Justiced of the Peace and his signature above is genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832.
Nathl. Lord Jr.

State of Massachusetts, } 58. County of Essex ... }
On this twentieth day of June A. D. 1853, personally appeared before me, Daniel Appleton White Esquire, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Essex, Elizabeth Eveleth, a resident of Salem in said County, aged nearly ninety-two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress passed on the third day of February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War. —
That she is the widow of Joseph Eveleth, alias Eveleth, who was pensioned at the rate of seventy-two Dollars per annum for his services as an Artificer in the Army of the Revolution under the provisions of the act of June 7th, 1832, and was paid her said pension at the Agency for paying pensioners at Boston in the said State of Massachusetts.
And she further declares that after the decease of her said late husband, to wit, sometime in the summer of the year 1852, she received an increase of pension in her right at the rate of twelve Dollars per annum, from the fourth of March, 1851, to the 3 d of February, 1854, the date of her said husband's decease, for his services as a armorers in the said War while he belonged to the "Pensylvania Key-Stone Battery", and she begs to refer to all the evidence upon which he was originally pensioned and upon which she received said increase in support of her claim to the benefit of the said law of February 3 d 1853.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Eveleth, alias Eveleth, on the fifteenth day of —

- November of the year eighteen hundred and one: that her said husband died on the third day of February in the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven; that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she has not since intermarried and is now a widow.
Witness my hand and seal this 20th day of June, 1853. Elizabeth X Gallett Joseph Burrill
Sworn to and subscribed on this day and year above written before me, — the said Affiant being unable by reason of infirmity to appear in Court.
D. A. White, Judge of said Court.
I, George Burrill, of Salem in the County of Essex gentleman, to on my oath testify and declare - that I am in the fifty seventh year of my age: that I was well acquainted with Joseph Evelith, alias Evelith, and am also well acquainted with Elizabeth Evelith, his widow, who has executed the Declaration herein.
Said Joseph Evelith was a Revolutionary Pensioner and died on the third day of February, 1847; and I do well know that said Elizabeth Evelith is now a widow and has not intermarried since the death of her husband Joseph Evelith aforesaid.
Essex ss. June 20th, 1853.
George Burrill
Then personally appeared the above named George Burrill, a credible witness, and subscribed the above affidavit and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the same — Before me, James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Essex, ss.
I George R. Lord, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that the honorable Daniel A. White, before whom the annexed declaration was made, was, at the date thereof, judge of the probate court for said county of Essex, and that James Gregory, before whom the annexed affidavit was made, was, at the date thereof, a justice of the peace for said county, both duly qualified according to law; - and that their names thereto subscribed are their genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this twenty second day of June, A.D. 1853.
Geo. R. Lord -
Marriage Certificate by him submitted -
Before me, James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

I Joseph Glantzman City Clerk of the City Salem State of Massachusetts, do certify that I have the legal custody of the Records of Marriages of said City, and that it appears by said Records that Joseph Coveleth and Mrs Elizabeth Biorrill, widow were married by Rev John Prince then a Clergyman of Salem on the 15 th day of November in the year 1801 - and that the following is a true copy of the words and figures of said record
"1801
Nov 15 th - Joseph Coveleth to Mrs Elizabeth Biorrill both of } Salem }
Witness my hand and the seal of said City of Salem this twenty first day of June in the year 1853
Joseph Glantzman City Clerk
Sims ss. June 20 th , 1853. Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Glantzman, who is personally well known to me as the duly constituted Clerk of the City of Salem, and a credible witness, and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above Marriage Certificate by him subscribed -
Before me, James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

Jan 288 (279/226) Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 288 Elizabeth Eulalia Widow Joseph Eulalia Br. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 221
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office September 13/53
Sir
Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
H Burt Esq
3 Auditors Present
J. C. Calhoun J. C. Calhoun
Joseph Eusebeth, act 32, $72. p. an. increased to $84 p. an. — Died 3 rd Feb. 1847, Paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor.

10.038
Massachusetts
Joseph Eveleth
of Salem in the State of Mass who was an engineer in the company commanded by Captain — of the reg t commanded by Col Baldwin in the Mass line for 14 days.
See George Burick May 3, 1847
Spencer
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 72 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of March 1833 and sent Benj n Spencer Salem Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 144 — Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 36 —
$180 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H Sp n Blair Clerk, Book E, Vol. 2 nd Page 21.

Massachusetts Roll.
1080
Joseph Eveleth, Artificer Baptized 1776. 1 year —
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818 and sent to Sam l Putnam, Esq. Salem, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Several allowances 4 months 22/30. $ 37.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Sam l Putnam Esq.

I, Joseph Eveleth, now resident at Salem in Massachusetts, on oath declare —
That I am the same person named in an original Pension Certificate dated 30th June 1818 no. 1080: that I am 67 76 years of age: that I served the whole year 1776 in Capt. Hilliard's Company of Artificers under Col. Brewer, as a private — I now reside in said Salem and resided in the same place when I was first placed on the Pension list in 1818.
I was struck from the Pension list on account of my property Joseph Eveleth
State of Massachusetts Essex ss: July 27. 1832 Then the abovenamed Joseph Eveleth, who is well known to me, subscribed & made oath to the above before me O. E. Merrill Dist. Clerk & Quorum

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss.
I John Prince jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record in said County do hereby certify that Benjamin Merrill whose name is subscribed within is a Justice of the Peace & Quorum within & for said County and that I believe his signature is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court at Salem July 27. 1832.
John Prince Clerk

I hereby certify that in my opinion Joseph Eveleth is in such reduced circumstances that he stands in need of assistance from his Country for support under the late pension law of the United States. Salem June 18. 1818
W Mansfield
Yrs affec: June 18. 1818 Then the above named Col. Wm Mansfield, one of the Selectmen of the Town of Salem, made Oath to the above affidavit
before me Brj Merrill Just. Peace
76 in acc- meri- an; aid ca- hon- ing ter is inst the there Isl- rtife- norm- ili- egi- We
and were stationed at the right wing of the army for several days till we were ordered to retreat. From thence he went with a detachment of the Artificers to North Castle from thence to Croton River and from thence to Continental Village near Poughkeepsie, and did his duty in his said capacity till the expiration of his said term — that he is a Citizen of the United States
That the Defendant; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
Joseph Eveleth
13 th Apr

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That Joseph Eveleth of Salem in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION , to wit,
That on the first day of January A.D. 1776, he enlisted as an artificer for the term of one year in the Company of Artificers under the direction of Capt. Bacon afterwards Major Bacon in the Massachusetts line of the Ameri- can Continental establishment in the Revolutionary war; that he faithfully served the whole of said term in said ca- pacity and was on the last day of December of that year hon- orably discharged; that his duty consisted in working as a blacksmith at the following places, to wit - at Winter Hill in Charlestown where the continental army was quartered from the first of January 1776 till the first of April in the same year, from thence he went with the second detachment of the army to New York and worked there in said Capacity till the British took possession of Long Isl- and; from thence he went with the Regiment of Artifi- cers under Colonel Brewer to King's Bridge, where he remained several weeks and was called out every morn- ing at the alarm post at Fort Independence and did mili- tary duty in General Heath's division of the army. From thence From King's bridge he went with said Regi- ment to Tarrytown and from thence to White Plains; We there did military duty and helped built the fort, and were stationed at the right wing of the army for several days till we were ordered to retreat. From thence he went with a detachment of the Artificers to North Castle from thence to Croton River and from thence to Conti- nental Village near Poughkeepsie, and did his duty in his said capacity till the expiration of his said term - that he is a Citizen of the United States
That the Declarant is poor; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
Joseph Eveleth
13 th Apr.

AFFIDAVIT.
I David Foster of Danvers in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Blacksmith do on oath depose and testify,
That in the year 1776 on the first day of January I joined the Company of Artificers under the direction of Capt. Bacon and continued with said Company till the first of May in New York and to my knowledge Joseph Eveleth within named served in said Company from said first of January to said first of May as stated in his said declaration; after the first of May I went with the army under General Sul- livan to Canada. afterwards I am not knowing personally to said Eveleth's serving after that period, but I saw him in the Spring of 1777 in Salem in said County of Essex and understood from him at that time that he had served the whole of the year 1776. and I also was so informed by others who served with him. I know of no one living who served with him in said Company but him and myself. and I have no doubt but that the whole of the within statement by him made is true.
David Foster
I Joseph Roundy of Marblehead in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid Carpenter aged seventy two years depose and say; that I belonged to Col. Breward Regiment of Artificers in the war of the Revolution. In May 1776 while at New York I first saw Joseph Eveleth above named. He belonged at that time to Capt. Bacon's company in Col.

Brewer's Regiment. He served as Blacksmith. I was with him from the first first of said month of May till the last of December 1776. and he served faithfully in his said Capacity the whole of said term. we were discharged at Pigs-kill - Attest B. R. Nichols Joseph his Rounedy mark
Essex ss. June 15 th Then Joseph Rounedy above named appeared and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true. Before me, Benj. R. Nichols Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
On this thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth
the aforementioned Joseph Eveloth and David Foster - and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforewritten Declaration and AFFIDAVIT , by them respectively made as aforesaid: - And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforementioned Joseph Eveloth served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the first day of January A.D. 1776 to the first day of January A.D. 1777 - at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby certify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War. It appears to my satisfaction that by reason of reduced circumstances in life the said Joseph Eveloth stands in need of assistance from his Country for support Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court a-
foresaid, at Salem , this thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass.
June 19. 1818 - I further certify that David Foster & Joseph Rounedy are credible & disinterested witnesses S. Putnam J.S.J.6.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Joseph Sweet
Essex ss.
I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within said County Do here by certify that the Honourable Samuel Putnam is one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth aforesaid and that Benjamin R. Nichols Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Essex, and that the signatures of Samuel Putnam and Benjamin R. Nichols to the within certificates are their hand writing respectively.
In Testimony whereof I have here to set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court this sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston: April 12 1827. I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Eveleth is found upon a Muster Roll of Capt Andrew Masta's Company that marched from Manchester to Medford, on the alarm April 19 1775. as a private 3 days. No roll of Capt Meeks. Col Brewer for 1776. No roll of any vessel called the Hector. [Large decorative flourish or signature]

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John C. Hovey.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

10 APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
by the Widow of the party who rendered the service,
State of Massachusetts of Essex Town of Salem
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Joseph  Ezekiel in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Yarmouth in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Manchester in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts in the year 17 as a in the Company commanded by Captain in
Regiment and he served as follows, * viz:—
on a farm in Springfield — afterwards he enlisted I believe in 1776 for one year as an Artificer and served a part or the whole of the time in Capt Weeks company — Col Brewers Regiment, but I am not certain of the names of his officers — He then was in the Pownall Expedition or aboard the Ship Hector, Capt John
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

Carnes, I think as Master an Arms and was one of the volunteers who went on shore, and was severely wounded in the side by a musket ball in an engagement with the enemy - The present application is to obtain pay for his services on the alarm at Georgetown and in the Penobscot Expedition which were not included when the years was allowed, and probably not claimed by the said Joseph, he not being aware that he was entitled to pay therefor.
I am now 85 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this A. D. 1847.
12 th day of April
Signed by said in my presence,
J. G. Perkins
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Elizabeth Eastman

Salem, Mass March 24 1853
Sir Since the passage of the Act of July 3 d 1852 continuing to the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers who died subsequent to 1800, the pension of their late husbands, I address you a letter to the Hon. Mr Duncan of the H. of Reps, claiming for my mother (who is the widow of Joseph Cooledge, an artificer in the Revolutionary Army pensioned for one years service at $72. per annum) a continuation of the amount for which he was pensioned together with $12 per annum, allowed her since his death for additional services on board the ship Hector. She requests proof of his death

and that his widow was living I forwarded to the Pension Bureau to enable her to obtain the pay for the additional service on board the Hector.
Will you have the kindness to inform me if any thing more is required to enable my mother to receive her her certificate of pay, that has already been done by the presentation of the claim by Mr Duncan? My mother is now in the ninety second year of her age, I cannot of course expect to benefit by the pension but a very short period.
I trust this circumstance may induce you to forward a certificate
for the Annual in my behalf So far I have the honor to be Sir George Parrill
Com d of Pensions Washington

Marblehead, June 28th, 1853.
Honored Sir:
I have the Honor to forward herewith the Declaration of Elizabeth Eveleth, widow of Joseph Eveleth, alias Eveleth, claiming the benefit of the law of 3 d of February last.
It will be seen by the Declaration that Mr Eveleth was pensioned as an Artificer at the rate of $72. per annum under the provisions of the law of June 7th, 1832, and that after his decease, the widow recovered an increase of $12. per annum in his right for his services as an armorer in the Newbed Expedition, — thus showing that he was entitled to $84. per annum in lieu of the $72. which he received in his lifetime.
I am, with great respect, Your Honor's humble servt.
James Gregory.
Hon. Loren N. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.

Salem, Mass d April 15 th 1853
Sir I wrote to you on the 24 th ult o respecting the continuance of the pension of Joseph Buelott under the law of Feb y 5 th 1853 to his widow Elizabeth Buelott for his services in the Revolutionary Army - The Pension Department was favoured by me with the required evidence of his death & that his widow was living, sometime since, to enable her to receive the additional pay due for his services in the Pookoot Expedition, & I presume no further evidence is required - If so I must beg you will without delay

Forward a certificate of pay, so that she may receive what is due her, as she is very aged, and needs it for her support, —
Her late husband was pensioned at $12 per annum — since his death $12 per annum for additional services has been paid to her
I have the honor to be Mr. Gano's George Burrell
In the Commission of Pensions Washington

April 18. 1853 M o 2539.
Rel. to claim of Elizabeth Eveleth widow of Joseph
Maps:
10038
Act 3 rd Feby: 1853
Rev:
Allowed $72 per annum Com. Feb. 3 - 1853
Geo. Burdell
Salem
Maps:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss.
To all people to whom these presents shall come, I Asahel Huntington, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, the same being a Court of record, do hereby certify that Joseph Evelette, late of Salem in said County, died on the second day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, and that his widow, Elizabeth Evelette, is still living.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Salem in the County of Essex aforesaid, on this eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Attest. A. Huntington, Clerk.

War Office, Boston 3 d July 1777.
To the Sheriff of the County of Essex. You are hereby directed to deliver the Ships Hector, Black Prince, Hunter with their appurtenances as you may take them by virtue of a Warrant from the Honorable Council of this State. For which this shall be your sufficient Order. By Order of the Board Sam. Phipps. Savage. Pres.
War Office, July 3. 1777.
Sir. You are hereby authorized, empowered and re- quested to take into your possession and under your care the Armed Ships Hector, Black Prince, Hunter with their appurtenances, as they may be delivered you by the Sheriff of the County of Essex & give such directions as to you may appear proper for the immediate equipment of said vessels for the defending on receiving further instructions from us as soon as may be. We are with great regard Sir, Your M st Obedient Servant Sam. Phipps. Savage. Pres. p Order
Return of Armed Vessels employed on the expedition against Penobscot, by the Board of War, for the State of Massachu- setts Bay, with their appraised value.
   Funds Name Owner's Name Commander's Name Number Guns Number Men Appraised Value     Hector Jonathan Perle John Carnes 220 20 14000.   (With other vessels)  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretarys Office Boston
March 24, 1852.
I certify the within to be true copies from original papers on file in this Office. Witness the Seal of the State.
Alcena Walker
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Salem September 16 1852
In I received from you on the fund. a certificate for two months pay due to Elizabeth Cook, for the services of her late husband. Except Cook, on board the Ship Hector.
On the 15 th July last I addressed a letter to the Hon. S. R. Chandler of the House of Representatives, desiring him to present Mrs. Cook's claim for additional pay for her late husband's one years service as an Artificer in the Revolutionary Army, for which he was dismissed, and

received seventy two dollars per annum - at that time I was unable to state the names of the officers under whom he served -
I have just found a memorandum among the papers of the late Benj- d'Arnell (who obtained his pension for him) that he was in Captain Gilliland's Company, Col. David Brown's Regiment, & that he was at New York, Kingsbridge, & Long Island & Peekskill in 1776 and also that he was three months instead of two on board the Hector in 1779, all which was no doubt stated & will appear in his declaration, was received as evidence at the

time it was made, and for which his widow Elizabeth Eubanks now claims the increase of pay which he should have received
I have the honor to be Yours At. Servant George P. Purcell
N. E. Heath City Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Damascus (Mass) May 20. 1849
Sir, I have been desired by the widow and very respectable friends of Joseph Eglethorpe Esq. a resolu- tionary Pensioner, now deceased, to ask your favorable consid- eration of her claim for an allowance of annuity of pen- sion claimed by her.
The service in the Peab- ody expedition is proved by the testimony of Capt. Nathan- iel West now living in Salem, a gentleman of unimpeached veracity, and whose intellectu- al powers are unimpaired even to this extreme old age. I am satisfied that if you knew Capt. West you would give implicit confidence to his state-

ments. I knew Joseph Eureka personally - his revolutionary services were matters of no- toriety, and I hope you will find no insuperable difficulty in allowing his worthy widow the annuity which she claims, and which the surviving compatriots of Mr Eureka think him clearly entitled to
With great respect
Yours obedt serv't
Dan'l P King
Col. James L. Edwards
Com't of Pensions
Washington

Salem Mass
Nov 6 th 1852
Sir
A duly received your favour of 20 th September in reply to mine of 16 th in which I claimed allowance for two blankets & belts for the services of the late husband. Draft credits as an Notification to the Revolutionary War -
Mrs E. in my Mother, has been very aged, being in her ninety second year, I must beg leave to request an early attention to the matter as is practicable, that she may have the benefit of anything there may be due her, during her life -
Dr. E. B. G. B. G. Cousin of Deborah Washington
I have the honor to be Sir Yours & Sir

Mar 26. 1852
To the Com d of Pensions
Sir
Herewith to you the enclosed papers & ask your attention to them. Be pleased to give an early answer and if the claim is rejected let the ground on which it is placed distinctly appear.
Respectfully Yours Obedt Servt.
J Davis

Palen 17 th January 1848.
Dear Sir
I avail myself of your kind offer and now enclose a further certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, to enable you to establish the claim of the widow of the late Asaph Brackett for the services of her husband in the Proknot Expedition, in the war of the Revolution.
You will see that the Ship Hector on board of which vessel he was, engaged in the service of the State, that her officers & crew were paid by the state, that there was an order & Council to take her and other vessels forcibly into the service voluntarily consented, & that men were pressed to serve on board said vessel.
I alluded in a former letter to the case of Thomas Hollett, pay for whose services on board the same vessel and in the same expedition had been allowed by the Commission of Pensions. The Commission informed you that no such name could be found in the Mass Rolls.
The case was that of Mary Hollett or Marshallman, widow of Thomas who was pressed

under the law of 1836. Her husband was a Postmaster
The Hon Mr Gregory of double heading my informant and he tells me that he often refers to adoring similar cases, and that so far as his knowledge extends similar cases have always been admitted —
By reference to the proper documents at the Prison Department the truth of the statement with regard to Hallett can no doubt be established —
I presume there can be no question with regard to the senior as also at Seagrave
I am very truly Yours sincerely George Burnell
Rev David A. King
Woolwich City

Salem, May 11- 1847
To whom it may concern, The undersigned certifies that Nathl West Esq. of Salem, is a gentle- man of the highest respectability, & long familiarly known as a citizen of this place. The fullest reliance may be placed upon his certificate respecting the late Joseph Ewerth Esq. of the above named city - the latter being likewise, when living, one of our most esteemed & respected citizens -
Henry A. Oliver -

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Court of Common Pleas, March Term 1847
Essex, ss.
To all people to whom these presents shall come, I
Eleazer D. Skillaber
Clerk of the Court aforesaid do certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of record.  it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that Joseph Ewelth of Salem late a U.S. Revolutionary pensioner died at Salem on the third day of February 1847 and left a widow Elizabeth Ewelth who is now living
In Testimony Whereof , I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, at Salem, in the County of Essex aforesaid, on this twelfth day of April and fifty seven , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
E. Skillaber CLERK.

Salem 20 th May 1847.
Dear Sir
I enclose the certificate of Gen. Oliver, which I mentioned to you yesterday.
The service rendered by Joseph Coolidge, in the war of the Revolution was as follows.
On a march at Lexington in 75. and 76. as an Artificer in the Army. I think in 76, as a horseman the Ship Hector in the Penobscot Expedition.
He was pensioned only for the years service, and the claim of my mother is for that due on the march at Lexington, and on board the Hector.
The proof of the first was forwarded to the Commission of Pensions on the 13 th April last in a certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in which it is stated that Joseph Coolidge marched as a colonel from Manchester, the same town from which he enlisted for the years service.
Now unless there were two persons

of the same name from Manchester which it appears to me the Commission has no right to refer, he can have no good reason for not allowing the service.
The proof of the service on board the Hector was the deposition of Nathaniel West in which he avers that he knew that Joseph Ewelick was on board the Ship Hector, Capt John Garvey.
Capt West commanded the Ship Black- Prince; both vessels belonged to Palmer and shipped their crews at the same time.
There are then only two rolls of the vessels engaged in the Penobscot Expedition. I believe the time allowed by the Pension Department to those engaged is that service is the same in all cases - about two months -
I am myself perfectly well con- vinced of the justice of the claim from having frequently heard my step-father relate the particulars of his service during the war, and I believe the evidence to be as direct and positive as can well be given in any case whatever.
I presume my Mother would receive in case the claim is allowed the back

pay from 1881, or perhaps from an earlier date, and the amount would probably be about two hundred dollars, tho' it may be much more - I cannot say with any degree of accuracy. With many thanks for your kind offer of assistance
I am with great respect yours sincerely George Burritt
Hon. Daniel P. King

Boston April 13 th 1847
Sir
I enclose the application of Elizabeth, widow of the late Joseph Enelek, a Revolutionary Pensioner for pay for services rendered by her late husband, which was not allowed him at the time of granting his pension.
I also enclose the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, together with the deposition of Nathaniel West Esq. and a certificate of the Clerk of the Court, certifying to the death of the said Joseph.
I can furnish no evidence of his having been a Master at Arms while on board the Hector, unless you can infer that he was from the fact of his having been an Artificer (a Smith) while in

the Army
Will you be so good as to inform me whether the widow would be entitled to any further pay in consequence of her husband having been wounded provided she can prove it to your satisfaction, and that he was disabled thereby, also whether there was any alteration in the law at the last session of Congress, by which the husband's pension was continued to widows who were married subsequent to 1794.
I am Respectfully
John Leavitt
George Burritt
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Please direct your reply to me at the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
August 12 th 1847.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that from a Return of Armed vessels employed for the Expedition against Penobscot by the Board of War of the State of Massachusetts Bay is the name of the Ship Steeler owned by Jonathan Peale and commanded by John Garnes — Also upon the same list appears the name of the Ship General Putnam, owned by Nathaniel Shaw and commanded by Daniel Waters — There is no roll of the Ship Steeler in this Office but there is a Pay Roll of the Officers Seamen and Marines of the Ship General Putnam, which shows that they were paid

by the State Government.
The name of the Ship Vengeance is also borne upon said list of Armed vessels owned and commanded by Thomas Thomas and that there are orders for payment of service on board of said vessel in said Expedition on file in this Office.
The orders for payment of service on board the Ship Vengeance are dated at Newburyport and there is a document in this Office showing that the Committee
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of August 6, 1842 was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
of Council engaged the Ship Hector and other vessels in Salem, upon the same terms that those from Newburyport engaged."
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey,
Secretary of the Commonwealth. There is also in this Department a list of the Transport vessels employed in the same Expedition, upon which the name of the Ship

Hector is Not borne. —
The Service on board of the Ship General Putnam was for two Months from July 7 1779.
7.9.6

Danvers (Mass.) Aug. 13, 1847.
Sir,
I enclose to you the certificate of the Society of the Commonwealth of Mass. and hope that the evidence now submitted will be fully satisfactory to you
With great respect
Your obed't serv't Sam'l P. King.
To Col. James L. Edwards Comm'r of Pensions Washington.

Salem, Mass s May 10. 1853
Sir Immediately after the passage of the Act of July 3 rd 1853. Entitling to the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers the pensions of their late husbands, I made application to the pension to which my mother, Elizabeth Coebeck is entitled as the widow of Joseph Coebeck, a soldier of the Revolutionary Army —
I have since written several letters on the subject to the Pension Department, but can get no reply —
The required evidence has been forwarded, as to the time of her

Evelina's death & that her widow was living -
My mother is very aged, & I trust this circumstance will induce to grant a certificate for her pay without delay
I am Respectfully Yours Afft. Servant George Burrell
To the Commission of Pensions Washington

July 21. 52 Rel. to claim of Elizth Baeleth seeds widow of Joseph
Hon. J. R. Chandler House of Reps
Hon. J. R. Chandler 19 th Dec

Salem July 15 1852
Dear Sir
I am about to ask a favor of you, which if your time is not too much occupied will more important matters, you will I think be disposed to grant.
My step Father, Joseph Cuelick, was a pensioner for one years service as an Artificer in the Revolutionary Army and received $72. per annum for that service.
My Mother, Elizabeth Cuelick, was married to him in 1801. By the laws as it now exists, cannot have her pension continued to her, as only widows who were married previous to 1800 are so entitled - as most unjust distinction, I trust Congress will set

the matter right -
altho' my Mother cannot draw the pension continued to her which her husband received, yet if it can be proved that he served for a longer period than that for which he was pensioned, or that the amount of pension was insufficient for the time that he did serve, any additional pay which he might have received would be due his widow, from the time he was pensioned, till the period of his death -
In 1847, I furnished the War Department with positive evidence that Mr. C. served in the Dubuque Expedition as an Armorer, & altho' the War, Daniel P. King, reported himself to have it allowed, & the same had previously been allowed in several instances, yet the then Commissioner refused it, on the ground that the result in which he served was a private matter -
Two months ago I sent the Commissioner,

through the Hon. Mr Davis of the Senate such evidence from the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, that the usual public  act , that the present Commission consented to allow the claim - I hope in a letter to Mr Davis states "If a certificate from a Court of Record is filed in this office showing the period of total death , that his widow is now living, a certificate for three months additional pay service as Arrear will be issued." The certificate I forwarded to the Commission & the B.W. but no certificate for the pay has been received -
Recently it has been decided by the Pension Department that Artificers of the Army of the Republic & under hand received a much larger amount than they were permitted for - In this case, my Mother should receive this additional pay besides the pay for the Protract Service - altho she enlisted for only one year

I have understood from him that he actually served two years. If this can be proved, my Mother would be in doubt entitled to additional pay for this service also. He served I believe 1864-67 in the state of New York.
The rolls, is the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth do not show this service, but there may be rolls in the office at Washington that do, & if so she ought to receive it.
I dislike"> I dislike to trouble Mr Davis any further in this matter, & as you are personally ac- quainted with both my Mother & myself, think you might have more influence with the Pension Department than any other person I know of at Washington.
The Commissioner says a certificate for two years additional service will be issued as Mr E. was severely wounded, & violence of which has been furnished by the

certificate of a comrade in the expedition I think something more than two months should be allowed, so stated in my letter to him —
My Mother claims as follows 1 st Pay for her late husband's services in the Peabody Expedition, which the Commission has agreed to allow, but which has not been received —
2 d Additional pay for his services as an Artificer in the Army which I have ascertained from the Pension office in Boston has been allowed to claimant.
3 d In any additional time he served in the Army after the term of his enlistment expired —
Mr E. was born in Rehoboth, a part of the town of Scituate, now the town of Essex — He was apprenticed at

Manchester, an adjoining town & probably enlisted there - He served in Lord Leam's Regt in New York, but under what officer I do not now recollect, altho' I have Leam's hand to his original declaration, which no doubt I have sufficient to identify the additional years served, should it appear on the rolls -
Unless it is there, I presume it cannot be found -
If you will give a little attention to this business, you will greatly oblige both my Mother & myself. My Mother made a formal application to the Commission in 1847. I think a return is all that I presume to be, as necessary for her to make another - Rev. Jos. B. Cleveland, of my early years Washington New Hampshire George Merrill

Saturday July 3 1779.
On motion ordered that Thomas (Ashing & Timothy Danielsen be sent to a Committee to repair immediately to Salem & there to use their endeavours with the owners of the armed vessels now at Salem to engage them in the Penobscot expedition & in case said owners will not let the vessels go then to impress them for said service.
On motion ordered that Francis Dana cause draught a Press warrant for the purpose of impressing a number of seamen for the ships intended for the Penobscot expedition.
Friday March 17 1780
Capt John (Carnes) roll for service at Penobscot on board the ship Steeler, amounting to three hundred seventy six pounds six shillings.
Capt Nathan (Brown) roll for service at Penobscot on board the ship Hunter, amounting to three hundred & fourteen pounds eight shillings. The said rolls were read & allowed. Ordered that warrants be drawn on the Treasury for full discharge of said rolls - warrants drawn.
(Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
Secretary's Office, Boston.
Mar 21 1827.
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy from Council Records of the title above named Witness the seal of the Commonwealth.
Wm Duffs Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth

Dec 7/88
San P King m c

Marblehead, November 23 d 1840.
Honored Sir:
Joseph Eveleth, Esq. late of Salem in this County of Essex, deceased, was a pensioner for his Revolutionary Service, as an Artificer, under the law of June 7. 1832, at the rate of $72 per annum, and his widow has called upon the undersigned through her son, George Burnitt Esq., and exhibited memoranda of Eveleth's services in the Revolution, together with letters of correspondence between the Department and Hon. Daniel P. King, M.C. for this District, by which it appears that the Department has been furnished with satisfactory evidence that Eveleth served as a Master at Arms in the Ship Hector, Capt John Carnes, in the Penobscot Expedition, and — as understood — at the "Lexington Alarm," — neither of which terms of service were computed or allowed in his said pension.
In regard to the alleged Lexington Service, the letters of correspondence handed me do not show that the fact of the performance of that service and the small allowance due thereon is doubted by the Department; but in the matter of the service —

- proved to have been performed on board the Hector, it is contended that, as the vessel was hired or impressed by the State - was private property and her commander not commissioned, as such, for either the State or Continental Navy - that therefore the service performed in the Hector affords no ground for the increase of pension sought for in the premises.
As the undersigned was consulted by the party interested before the claim was presented, and gave it as his opinion that the claim would be readily allowed on the production of satisfactory proof that the service was performed, - and as the widow and her friends have now desired me to take charge of the claim and state to the Hon. Department the grounds of my opinion in the premises - well knowing that the Department has no desire to do anything but simple justice to the applicant, - I therefore beg leave very respectfully to state, that claims of this character - of which the undersigned was agent - have been repeatedly allowed by the Department.
In proof of this I beg leave to solicit the notice of the Department to a few, which, among others, have been thus allowed, viz: -
First. The case of Mary Follet, widow of -

— Thomas Fallet. The widow claimed the benefit of the third section of the law of July 4th, 1836, for the 8 months' service as a Private in Blackler's Company of Glover's Regt. at the siege of Boston, in '75, and for some "four months" service as a seaman in the Ship Hecton, (the same ship in which Erleth served,) Capt John Carrup, in the Penobscot Expedition, from July, '79— she having been married on the eleventh of the same month .
This claim was forwarded to the Department 21 st of June, 1838, with a letter covering three pages more fully describing the case.
Under date of 26 th of July following your Honor answered, stating that the evidence furnished in proof of the marriage and the first term of service was satisfactory and concludes with the following words:—
"But the proof of the alleged service on "board the Hecton is not satisfactory as it "should be. It is necessary to establish this "term in order to bring her case within "the provisions of the Act of the 4th of July, "1836."
Under these circumstances— after much research and inquiry I succeeded in finding a—

— witness in the person of Capt. Thomas Kimball, a resident of Ipswich, in this County, and on forwarding his affidavit a Certificate was immediately issued, dated 13th. of August, 1838, allowing Mrs. T. $34.66 per annum for both terms of service .
Second. The case of Jane Roundy, widow of Francis Roundy. The widow claimed the benefit of the law of July 7th, 1838, for the services of her husband as a seaman in the Massachusetts State Brig Tyrannicide for several cruises, and also for his services as a seaman in the Ship Black Prince , Capt. Nathaniel West, commander — engaged in this same expedition. Her claim was forwarded to the Department 30th of Nov. 1838.
In your Honor's answer of May 24th, 1839, you state that you found the name of Roundy on the rolls of said Brig for one cruise, only, — from October 1 st to May 8th, 1838 — 7 months & 8 days, and that as he served as a boy and received but half pay — £1.4.0. per month — the widow would be entitled to but $14.83 per annum, — at the same time refusing to allow for the Pensboat service, because his name was not found "on any roll of those —

— engaged in the expedition". On the 8th. of the following month of August I forwarded to the Department the Affidavit of Thomas Roundy in proof of the Penobscot Expedition Service, and on the 29th of the same month a Certificate was issued to the widow allowing her $ 24.53 per annum — $ 10. of the amount being added (over and above the $14.53 offered for the Tamaric cruise) for the Penobscot service. I might mention a number of other claims, of which the undersigned was agent, where this Penobscot service was allowed for, but I will mention one more, only, — that of Elizabeth Powers, widow of John Powers, alias Poorn — 3 d section of the Act of July 4th, '36. Certificate issued for $ 90.80, and dated 27th. of March, 1839.
I am fully aware that the prompt allowance of  claims of this character heretofore, if erroneous, furnish no ground for the future allowance of them; but unless the Hon. Department has adopted some new regulation excluding coercive service, (for it is acknowledged that these ships were pressed into the public service,) performed as this service was with much suffering and danger in behalf of the State, — I humbly submit that the widow and her friends cannot but deem it a great hardship that her little claim should be rejected. —

— May I not then be permitted to hope that there may have been some misapprehension in the premises, and that a re-examination of the true merits of the claim will result in its final allowance?
I am, with very great respect, Your Honor's humble servt. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Brief in the case of Mrs Elizabeth Cook the widow of Joseph Open County and State of Massachusetts act of Feb 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of 1832 at $72 per annum
Pri
Marriage proof pub. rec.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death Aud. Rep
Identity cr with (circumstantial)
Name and residence of Agent
G. Burrel Esqr Salem Mass.
Examining Clerk.
H. Gray

Salem 12 th July 1849.
Dear Sir
I duly received the letter of the Commissioner of Pensions, from Hon. Oliver, since which I have conversed with James Gregory Esq of Marblehead who has acted for a long time as an agent for obtaining pensions. who informs me that claims have been allowed by the department at Washington for service precisely similar to that of Mr. Colbeck, and mentioned one case in particular presented by himself, that of Thomas Follett who was a seaman in the Poot-Scott Expedition, or board he thinks the same vessel with Mr. C.
From information obtained from Mr. Gregory I was induced to call on

Capt Thomas Kenhall of Ipswich to ascertain if he knew any thing of the service of the H. and now enclose his deposition, which you will observe is full and complete as to the service and grade. The widow will of course be entitled to an increase of pay for her service as Armorer.
The Commissioner says in his letter that the Hector was a transport. He is entirely mistaken as to the character of the vessel. She was a private armed ship of eighteen guns, taken into the service of the General Government, and had not a single soldier on board of her. There may have been a Brig Hector, a Transport but the Ship Hector was a fighting vessel .
With regard to the service on the alarm at Sepia for the Com-

mission has made no objection and I presume will allow it.
Will you do me the favour to forward the deposition to Washington, with such observations in your letter to Mr Edwards as you may deem proper.
I am very respectfully yours Sincere
George Bunnell
Wm. David P. King
Tucson

Ho. of Reps Washington Jan. 24. 1848
Sir,
Enclosed I send you a letter from George Brull and additional evidence in the case of the petition of the Widow of Joseph Eveleth, and I solicit for her your favorable consideration
With great respect You did't pers'l Dan'l P King -
To
Col. James L Edwards Com't of Pensions Washington.

I Thomas Kimball of Haverhill in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts depose and say, That I served on board the Ship Weymouth, Capt. John Barnes in the Independent Expedition in the war of the Revolution, that Joseph Gullet of Salem lately deceased served at the same time as Annuar on board the said vessel, that I went on shore when he did but in another boat, and was near him when he was wounded in an engage- ment with the enemy. That I also returned home in the same vessel with him, but landed at Portsmouth while the said Joseph proceeded to Boston. Thos Kimball.
Essex, ss. July 10, 1847. Thomas Kimball, above named, makes solemnly oath to the truth of the facts stated in his deposition above written. He is now eighty six years of age, in good health and in full possession of his mental faculties which seem to be not impaired by age. He has always sustained a good moral character and is a credible witness. Before Charles Kimball, justice of the peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 12 th 1847
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Charles Kimball was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

House of Representatives Washington Dec 11 1832
Mr J. E. Heath Committee on Pensions
Dr Sir
I return the letter of Mr Burnell with the addendums remark that Mr Nichols is the Master of Mr. Evleth of Salem Massachusetts Very Truly
Yours J. P. Chandler

Salem June 18 1852
Sir
I have received from H. O. Johnson Davis your letter addressed to him on the 11 th inst. and now enclose a certificate from a Court of Record regarding in the case of Elizabeth Guelph, widow of the late Joseph Guelph, a Revolutionary Pension as the Guelph was severely wounded in an engagement with the enemy, in the Peninsular Campaign of which mentioned has been furnished your office, in the certificate of Thomas Pritchard should be noted as allowed for a longer period than two months. She also served on the day of the alarm of which evidence has been deposited in your office in a certificate of the Secretary of the War Department.
J. C. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Respectfully your obed Servt George Burritt

Boston, Mass Joseph D. Estlin, decd who was a Mass State Attorney. 14 months.
Adm. Adm. June 1, 1882.
14 months on Attorney $84 per annum. deducting former payments, at $72.
ca. March 4, 1881.
Since Feb. 2, 1884), when he died -
Pay all to Elizabeth Estlin, widow, etc.
George Burrell, Salem, Mass.

I Nathaniel West of Salem in the County of Essex in State of Massachusetts depose and say
That I commanded the Ship Black Prince in the Penobscot Ex- pedition in the war of the Revolution. That I was well acquainted with Joseph Eustis of said Salem, lately deceased and know that the said Joseph was on board the Ship Hector Captain John Barnes in said expedition, but in what capacity, I do not know.
Nath West
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex County. } ss. City of Salem. }
On this third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, before me, Stephen P. Webb, Notary Public, by legal authority admitted and sworn

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston April 13 d 1847
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Stephen B. Webb was a Notary Public for the County of Essex, _____
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

and dwelling in the City of Salem, personally appeared Nathaniel West, Esquire, of said Salem and having subscribed the within Affidavit, made oath to the truth of the facts therein contained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Notary, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal of Office on the day and year last above written.
Stephen P. Webb.
Notary Public.